If you own an older version of FineReader, you can usually get version 15 at a discounted rate.
"I wasted three days trying to get a crack from a Russian forum. The OCR kept outputting 'IIII' instead of '1111'. I finally bought a license. The first scan was flawless. I wish I had just paid the $89 upfront." — abbyy finereader 15 activation key better